THE FINAL CONFLAGRATION | What's happening in this picture? Only you can decide, by taking part in the final installment of our concept art writing prompt series. Can you finish the story of the Man who Stole the World, and create words that live up to our cool pictures?

Most science fictional and futurist visions of the future tend towards the negative - and for good reason. Our environment is a mess, we have a nasty tendency to misuse technologies, and we're becoming increasingly capable of destroying ourselves. More »

James Bond and his harem of "Bond Girls" usually look like sex wrapped around a hot stick. But every now and again, Bond misses his mark. Big time. Sometimes, Bond goes way overboard. Here are the 15 worst James Bond fashion moments on film. More »

Suit up, people - word is we're heading back to the Moon. According to space policy expert John Logsdon, there's a decent chance NASA has already cleared plans to establish a manned base on the far side of the Moon with the Obama administration. More »

Unlike most countries in the developed world, the United States is still deeply mired in the abortion debate - a hotly contested issue that divides the nation and still holds the potential to tip the balance at election time. More »

Despite intense political debates (and fearmongering) over China's growing hold over the U.S., we rarely see science fiction stories that depict it becoming a superpower. It's like we're afraid to imagine in fiction what the U.S. presidential candidates argued over repeatedly in their debates. Even the remake of Red Dawn shies away from a Chinese future; the movie was about a Chinese invasion, but that detail was changed in post-production to North Korea. More »

You don't know all the secrets of James Bond. The swashbuckling, cocktail-sipping superspy has spent over 50 years as a cultural phenomenon, defeating plans for world destruction and riding on insane vehicles - and along the way, he's had more than his fair share of weird stories and strange interludes. Now that he's back in the public imagination, it's time to explore the secret history of 007. More »

No one has observed any evidence for proton decay. That might be disappointing professionally for physicists, but it's good news for the universe. If it turns out to be possible, proton decay could be the beginning of the end of everything. More »

Head over to Time for Hugs and get the full-resolution version of this poster. (Creator Scott Markley is emailing out files since he can't sell the copyrighted images.) Print it out and hang it on a child's wall. More »

The new trailer for the much-troubled World War Z is out. And yes, there's a lot of Brad Pitt, and yes, there are zombies. But in lieu of fascinating political drama and heartbreaking tales of survival, we get a Roland Emmerich-worthy disaster flick, with reanimated bodies in lieu of earthquakes and rising tides. More »